Democrats rankled by a recent Supreme Court decision shielding medical device companies from state liability lawsuits plan to unveil legislation to reverse the ruling, the first of many expected efforts to chop away at federal rules that restrict consumers' ability to sue.

House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman will introduce legislation before the Independence Day recess that would explicitly state that FDA regulation does not trump medical device patients' ability to seek damages under state law, a Pallone spokesman said.

A generally thorough article, although we would certainly disagree that business' strategy is to "bash the trial lawyers." The case for federal preemption can be argued quite effectively on its merits.